Lake Charles Exports, LLC - FE Dkt. No. 11-59-LNG

The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of an application filed May 6, 2011,
by Lake Charles Exports, LLC (LCE). LCE is seeking long-term authorization to export
up to approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet per day (15 million metric tons per annum)
of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the LNG terminal in Lake
Charles, Louisiana, owned by Trunkline LNG Company, LLC (Trunkline LNG) to: (1) any
country with which the United States has, or in the future may enter into, a free trade
agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas and (2) any country
with which the United States does not have a FTA requiring national treatment for trade
in natural gas with which trade is not prohibited by Unites States law or policy. LCE requests
this authorization for a 25-year term commencing the earlier of the date of first export or
ten years from the date of issuance of the authorization requested.  LCE is a jointly-owned
subsidiary of BG Group plc and Southern Union Company.  The liquefaction and export
facilities would be the subject of an additional service agreement between BG LNG
Services (BGLS) and Trunkline LNG, who together are jointly developing plans to install
liquefaction facilities to enable exports of domestically produced LNG.  LCE will purchase
LNG from BGLS under a long-term LNG export contract.  F.R. Notice Issued June 7, 2011.
F.R. Notice Published Jun 6, 2011.  Comments were due 8/12/11 (see below).

Order 2987 Granting Long-Term Authority to Export LNG by Vessel from the Lake
Charles Terminal to Free Trade Agreement Nations was issued on July 22, 2011.
The portion of the application seeking authorization to export to non-Free Trade
Agreement Nations is currently under review and has not been granted.

NFTA - Federal Register Notice Inviting Comments on the LNG Export Study Published:
77 FR 73627; Initial comments are due no later than 4:30 p.m. (EST) on 1/24/13.
Reply Comments are being accepted from 1/25/13 until 4:30 p.m. (EST) on 2/25/13.

SERVICE LIST 11-59-LNG

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NO.	DATE:	FILED/ISSUED BY:	FILING TYPE:
1.	05/06/11	Lake Charles Exports, LLC	Application for Long-term Authority to Export LNG
2.	05/26/11	Lake Charles Exports, LLC	Amendment to Application for Long-term Authority to Export LNG
3.	06/07/11	U.S. Department of Energy	F.R. Notice Issued for Comments on Application for Long-Term Authorization to to Export LNG Notice (Download Notice)
4.	06/13/11	U.S. Department of Energy	F.R. Notice Published 6/13/2011; Comments August, 12, 2011 (Download Notice)
5.	06/21/11	Louisiana State Senate	Letter from Senator Dan Morrish, along with other Louisiana State Representatives, in Support of Approving LNG Application
6.	06/22/11	Senator Robert Adley, Louisiana State Senate	Comments in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorizaton
7.	06/27/11	United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
8.	07/01/11	Senator Mike Michot, Louisiana State Senate	Comments in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorizaton
9.	07/05/11	Representative Henry L. Burns, Louisiana House of Representatives	Comments in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
10.	07/18/11	Bill Cooper, President CLNG	Comments in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
11.	07/19/11	Senator Sherri Smith Cheek, Louisiana State Senate	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
12.	07/20/11	Representative Richard Burford, Louisiana House of Representative	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
13.	07/22/11	U.S. Department of Energy	Order 2987 Granting Long-Term Authority to Export LNG by Vessel from the Lake Charles Terminal to FTA Nations.
14.	07/25/11	Representative Jane H. Smith, Louisiana House of Representative	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
15.	08/03/11	Representative James L. Keffer, Texas State House of Representatives	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
16.	08/05/11	City of Lake Charles Mayor, Randy Roach	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Authorization
17.	08/10/11	American Public Gas Association	Motion for Leave to Intervene and Protest
18.	08/11/11	United States Representative John Fleming	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Application
19.	08/12/11	Stephen F. Smith, President of EXCO Resources, Inc.	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Application
20.	08/12/11	United States Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Comment in Support of Approving LNG Export Application
21.	08/12/11	Paul N. Cicio, President of Industrial Energy Consumers of America	Comment in Opposition of Approving LNG Export Application
22.	08/15/11	Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District	LATE FILING: Comments in Support of Approving LNG Export Applicaton
23.	08/25/11	Lake Charles Exports, LLC	Answer to the Protest of The American Public Gas Association and Comment of The Industrial Energy consumers of America
24.	01/30/12	Lake Charles Exports, LLC (Attorneys)	Letter notifying the Department of a pending Merger dated 7/19/11 of Sigma Acquisition Corp (a wholly-owned subsidiary off Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.), with and into Southern Union Company.
25.	12/05/12	U.S. Department of Energy	EIA Analysis (Study - Part 1)
26.	12/05/12	U.S. Department of Energy	2012 LNG Export Cumulative Impact Study (LNG Export Study - Part 2). Prepared by NERA Economic Consulting (NERA)
27.	12/05/12	U.S. Department of Energy	Federal Register Notice Inviting Comments on the LNG Export Study
28.	12/11/12	U.S. Department of Energy	Federal Register Notice Inviting Comments on the LNG Export Study Published
29.	12/11/12 - 01/24/13	Index of Initial Comments	Index of Initial Comments Filed in Response to the 2012 LNG Export Study Federal Register Notice Published 12/11/12
30.	01/25/13 - 02/25/13	Index of Reply Comments	Index of Reply Comments Filed in Response to the Initial Comments filed in Reponse of the 2012 LNG Export Study
31.	01/28/13	U.S. Department of Energy	Procedural Order: Extending Initial Comments on the LNG Study to 01/27/13; and Granting The Aluminum Association an Extension of time until 5 pm, 01/29/13 EDT to File Initial Comments